The John Hewitt Bar

December 3rd, 2008

That’s right it’s that time of year again! Voting has commenced for the N I Fate Awards 2009 which will take place on Friday 3rd. of April at The Waterfront Hall. The John Hewitt is up for “BEST CLASSIC BAR” , “BEST GASTRO PUB” and our John is up for “BEST CHEF” so log on to www.fateawardsni.com and give us your votes.

November 4th, 2008

The John Hewitt Bar has just won the “Best Pub Award 2008” at the recent ‘Hospitality Ireland Awards’ held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin. The John Hewitt Bar in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter was the only Winner from the North at the Dublin awards Ceremony.

 

Judges praised the bar for its excellent and varied selection of beers, including many from small local independent brewers, great friendly service from the staff and the overall ambiance of the bar.

 

The panel of judges at the Dublin Ceremony on Thursday night (30/10/08) also highlighted the bars community links. The john Hewitt Bar first opened its doors in December 1999. The bar is unique in its ownership as it is owned by the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre. The Resource Centre managers had always relied on various grants to fund its work, when in the mid nineties, they came up with the idea of generating some of their own funds by going into business……….and why not a pub! John Hewitt, the late poet, socialist and Freeman of Belfast officially opened the Resource Centre on Mayday 1983, hence the name of the bar.

October 25th, 2008

The John Hewitt Bar recieved the CAMRA Pub of the Year Award on Wedensday 22nd October 2008. Competition was strong, with the 21 Real Ale Pubs across Northern Ireland surveyed by the local CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) members. “Beer quality is the prime consideration in making the award, along with general ambience and attractiveness of the pub. The John Hewitt staff are making a real contribution to bringing Real Aleback to Northern Ireland by putting in that extra bit of work needed to serve a quality Real Ale Pint. CAMRA is delighted to be presenting the Northern Ireland Real Ale Pub of the Year Award 2008 to the John Hewitt”.

September 29th, 2008

The John Hewitt has taken its first delivery of Erdinger’s Schneeweisse (Snow Beer).A Hefeweizen by Erdinger Weissbräu in Erding, Germany. Sold in 500ml bottles this wonderful fresh winter beer will compliment our already excellent German beer selection.

June 20th, 2008

On Tuesday night, 17th June 2008 the management of the john Hewitt were at the prestigious Theme Bar & Restaurant National Awards at the Battersea Evolution in London. The Bar was up against very strong competition from bars in London, Glasgow and Wakefield. But when the time came to announce the Winner of the Best Beer Venue in the Uk and Ireland, it was the John Hewitt’s turn to be in the limelight and pick up the trophy.

April 21st, 2008

We are pleased to annouced that Nevada Blues will be playing every Thursday night at the John Hewitt. See our entertainmment page for more details.

November 12th, 2007

The John Hewitt Bar will be the first pub in Ireland to sell ASPALL SUFFOLK CYDER on draught. We will be taking delivery of the first kegs by the end of this week. The John Hewitt Bar is very pleased to be working along with Hilden Brewery who is the distributor of Aspall Suffolk Cyder (Kegs). The John Hewitt Bar has always had a great reputation for sourcing the finest beer’s wines and spirits and giving our customers the best choice of drinks in the City. So it gives us great pleasure to stock this fine Cyder from Aspall. Aspall Cyder has been established since 1728 and is still owned and managed by the Chevallier Family, now in their eighth generation, making it the oldest direct lineage Cyder maker in the UK.

September 7th, 2007

The John Hewitt was the first and still the only bar in Ireland to have this wonderful Black Lager on draught. A fresh delivery has just arrived from Eastern Germany, it is served in a very elegant stemmed glass.

July 25th, 2006

The John Hewitt is delighted to announce the arrival of the No. 1 draught beer in Germany - BITBURGER. After several months of negotiations we are delighted to be the first bar in Ireland to have this great Pilsner Lager on draught.

We took delivery of the first kegs on Tuesday and will be ready for dispensing on Monday 17th July 2006. We had hoped to be ready for the FIFA World Cup kicking off in mid June, but as Bitburger had the pouring rights at all the World Cup stadiums (a much blander American beer had the advertising rights) it was not possible to buy kegs from them without first returning empties - we, of course, didn’t have any!

We just know you will enjoy this beer - Prost!